Turkey has hated Kurds long before Erdogan came on the scene. I suspect every iteration of the Turkish regime would have played the same game if it meant keeping the Kurdish population inside and outside its borders in check.
Which is why ISIS is so darned convenient for Turkey. It takes the piss out of the Kurds outside Turkey's borders and thus weakens the overall Kurdish cause. I'm sure the Turkish government is happy enough to take a few suicide bombings on the chin for the strategic advantage gained from allowing ISIS to run rampant and kill lots of Iraqi and Syrian Kurds.
At some point Turkey will overplay its hand. The US and Europe have been forced to tolerate Turkey's double-dealing for some time, but as there is growing accord between the US, Europe and Russia on dealing with ISIS, Turkey's actions are going to see it increasingly isolated. If one of the end results of defeating ISIS is that Russia gains the right of a perpetual warm water port in Syria recognized by the US, then Turkey's place in NATO and as a US ally will be called into question. This downing of a Russian jet for what was the very briefest of incursions was a damned fool move that is likely to have Turkey's allies in the US and Europe scrabbling for cover.
The Turks want Russia to stop effectively helping Kurdish populations within ISIS's grasp. Isn't that clear enough now. The Turkish government wants this war to go on long enough to wipe out the Kurds.
But does Turkey hate ISIS? The Kurds of northern Iraq have been one of the targets of ISIS, and every Kurd killed by ISIS is another Kurd that won't cause Turkey problems. Why do you think Turkey is the porous border that is allowing people and goods to flow into Iraq and Syria? Because they want ISIS to cause mayhem, kill lots of Kurds and send the message to Turkish Kurds that they'll happily send them to the slaughter too if anyone starts thinking about Greater Kurdistan again.
The Turks have never been allergic to the idea of genocide. Just look at the Ottoman genocide of ethnic Armenians during WWI. I'm sure if the Turkish government thought it could get away with it, it would kill every Kurd it could find
Invalidating their drug patents and contracting another drug maker to start manufacturing their portfolio as generics would do the job much better. You would probably only have to do it once and that would fix the problem for a decade until another evil gang of corporate sociopaths tried it again.
I'm thinking you're probably retarded, because that's the only way I can parse "how me where in the Constitution, or in the Air Commerce Act, the FAA was given authority over all airspace in the U.S." and explain the idiocy of it.
By the same token, Christensen just sucks. At least Portman and McGregor did their best with a really awful script, but Christensen was awful; wooden most of the time, delivering his lines like a Speak-and-Spell, and then finding the magic way to be wooden AND over-emotive in other scenes. It's little wonder he's done so little work since the Prequels. He's just unbearable.
The difference being George sold the store, and Disney doesn't want him around, whereas you can be sure a lot of dollars will be waved in front of Craig's face to do at least one more Bond film.
The last few Tarantino films have been pretty big budget, so I think whatever Tarantino wants, Tarantino gets. Despite the apparent excesses of Tarantino's films, you can tell they're very tightly plotted, edited to near perfection, and most importantly, Tarantino has a gift for a dialogue that Lucas never had.
Lucas was a great filmmaker, and there was a time when the technology was at just the right level of development that he couldn't go hog wild. The real problem with the prequels, to my mind, were that he didn't in fact have nearly enough story for 360+ minutes of film. I swear you can edit all three prequels into a reasonably watchable 150-180 minute film. You could get rid of most of the Phantom Menace, and Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith could be married together by turfing most of the romance (which was just awful anyways).
And yeah, edit down the final battle between Obiwan and Anakin to about two minutes. We've known it was coming since 1977, so no need to overplay it.
It's why, when a sociopath is discovered, they should immediately be removed from society permanently. Take Valeant Pharmaceuticals. The evil monsters that ran the company decided that profits far outweighed mitigating human misery, and it was only when shamed shareholders began to respond negatively that the sociopaths were forced to back down. Such monsters should be removed from society, or at the very least banned from any position where they have even the smallest amount of influence or authority over others. Perhaps we can re-employ them cleaning sewers.
I think this is some sort of wild Hail Mary Pass gambit where somehow the US and UK will outlaw all phones that don't have back doors, and Blackberry will become the only legal smartphone and... PROFIT!!!!
It sounds stupid, but just about everything RIM/Blackberry has done for the last five years has been just unmitigated stupidity.
The problem was that that to make it into a three film series, they had to insert a lot of stuff INTO the story. If they had stuck by and large to the actual book, they'd probably had a pretty good 2 to 2.5 hour film.
If someone were to go along, re-edit the movie, pull out all the Dol Guldur sequences and the like, cut down on the exposition and remove the whole Azog plot, and made it, say, 180 minutes, it would be possible to fix it. But that abomination that Jackson turned the barrel ride into is probably irreparable and should just be cut down to a bare minimum.
Which is why they were executing heritics in Italy until the 19th xentury, and why lots of Evangelicals still believe Mosaic bans on homosexuality should be enforced.
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Turkey has hated Kurds long before Erdogan came on the scene. I suspect every iteration of the Turkish regime would have played the same game if it meant keeping the Kurdish population inside and outside its borders in check.
Which is why ISIS is so darned convenient for Turkey. It takes the piss out of the Kurds outside Turkey's borders and thus weakens the overall Kurdish cause. I'm sure the Turkish government is happy enough to take a few suicide bombings on the chin for the strategic advantage gained from allowing ISIS to run rampant and kill lots of Iraqi and Syrian Kurds.
At some point Turkey will overplay its hand. The US and Europe have been forced to tolerate Turkey's double-dealing for some time, but as there is growing accord between the US, Europe and Russia on dealing with ISIS, Turkey's actions are going to see it increasingly isolated. If one of the end results of defeating ISIS is that Russia gains the right of a perpetual warm water port in Syria recognized by the US, then Turkey's place in NATO and as a US ally will be called into question. This downing of a Russian jet for what was the very briefest of incursions was a damned fool move that is likely to have Turkey's allies in the US and Europe scrabbling for cover.
The Turks want Russia to stop effectively helping Kurdish populations within ISIS's grasp. Isn't that clear enough now. The Turkish government wants this war to go on long enough to wipe out the Kurds.
But does Turkey hate ISIS? The Kurds of northern Iraq have been one of the targets of ISIS, and every Kurd killed by ISIS is another Kurd that won't cause Turkey problems. Why do you think Turkey is the porous border that is allowing people and goods to flow into Iraq and Syria? Because they want ISIS to cause mayhem, kill lots of Kurds and send the message to Turkish Kurds that they'll happily send them to the slaughter too if anyone starts thinking about Greater Kurdistan again.
The Turks have never been allergic to the idea of genocide. Just look at the Ottoman genocide of ethnic Armenians during WWI. I'm sure if the Turkish government thought it could get away with it, it would kill every Kurd it could find
The companies manufacturing the generics will enjoy quite a boom.
Invalidating their drug patents and contracting another drug maker to start manufacturing their portfolio as generics would do the job much better. You would probably only have to do it once and that would fix the problem for a decade until another evil gang of corporate sociopaths tried it again.
I'm thinking you're probably retarded, because that's the only way I can parse "how me where in the Constitution, or in the Air Commerce Act, the FAA was given authority over all airspace in the U.S." and explain the idiocy of it.
Don't blame Portman for Lucas's awful dialog.
By the same token, Christensen just sucks. At least Portman and McGregor did their best with a really awful script, but Christensen was awful; wooden most of the time, delivering his lines like a Speak-and-Spell, and then finding the magic way to be wooden AND over-emotive in other scenes. It's little wonder he's done so little work since the Prequels. He's just unbearable.
Lucas is at writing stories, but he's a shitty screenwriter.
Hey, the Star Wars Christmas Special did have Wookie porn!
You are all Fry Guys. Fry Guys say "Hey Ronald! Hey Ronald! HEY RONAL!" You are all Fry Guys.
Yes, I downloaded it a while ago.
Meesa so happy Mickey Mouse will be here with me, and Ani! Meesa hopes the Muppets come too!
The difference being George sold the store, and Disney doesn't want him around, whereas you can be sure a lot of dollars will be waved in front of Craig's face to do at least one more Bond film.
The last few Tarantino films have been pretty big budget, so I think whatever Tarantino wants, Tarantino gets. Despite the apparent excesses of Tarantino's films, you can tell they're very tightly plotted, edited to near perfection, and most importantly, Tarantino has a gift for a dialogue that Lucas never had.
Lucas was a great filmmaker, and there was a time when the technology was at just the right level of development that he couldn't go hog wild. The real problem with the prequels, to my mind, were that he didn't in fact have nearly enough story for 360+ minutes of film. I swear you can edit all three prequels into a reasonably watchable 150-180 minute film. You could get rid of most of the Phantom Menace, and Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith could be married together by turfing most of the romance (which was just awful anyways).
And yeah, edit down the final battle between Obiwan and Anakin to about two minutes. We've known it was coming since 1977, so no need to overplay it.
He also ruined the first three movies when he shamelessly screwed with them.
Han shot Greedo first. End of story.
It's why, when a sociopath is discovered, they should immediately be removed from society permanently. Take Valeant Pharmaceuticals. The evil monsters that ran the company decided that profits far outweighed mitigating human misery, and it was only when shamed shareholders began to respond negatively that the sociopaths were forced to back down. Such monsters should be removed from society, or at the very least banned from any position where they have even the smallest amount of influence or authority over others. Perhaps we can re-employ them cleaning sewers.
I think this is some sort of wild Hail Mary Pass gambit where somehow the US and UK will outlaw all phones that don't have back doors, and Blackberry will become the only legal smartphone and... PROFIT!!!!
It sounds stupid, but just about everything RIM/Blackberry has done for the last five years has been just unmitigated stupidity.
Not to mention James Bond.
The problem was that that to make it into a three film series, they had to insert a lot of stuff INTO the story. If they had stuck by and large to the actual book, they'd probably had a pretty good 2 to 2.5 hour film.
If someone were to go along, re-edit the movie, pull out all the Dol Guldur sequences and the like, cut down on the exposition and remove the whole Azog plot, and made it, say, 180 minutes, it would be possible to fix it. But that abomination that Jackson turned the barrel ride into is probably irreparable and should just be cut down to a bare minimum.
So can you explain why Christians were still executing heretics and blasphemers well into the modern era, or whu Evangelicals still oppose gay rights?
Which is why they were executing heritics in Italy until the 19th xentury, and why lots of Evangelicals still believe Mosaic bans on homosexuality should be enforced.
Again, a very small number of Muslims. And what you're really saying is "vote Hitler"
And surely you can't be such a simpering retard that you think any of this would make it last the courts.
Or maybe you are that retarded.